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Specimen Showcase|The Sea Snake that Uses its Forehead to Breathe🧘🏻♀️
While diving in the Indo-Australian Ocean, a slender object with bandings on its back catches your eye. What could it be👀? You just met...

Specimen Showcase|A Lizard with a Distinctive Tail
𝘌𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢 (Günther, 1875) is a large skink endemic to the Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia...


Specimen Showcase | Ocean's Precious Gem🏺
The Hawksbill Sea Turtle (𝘌𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢) 🔬 (Linnaeus, 1766) is a fascinating species playing a crucial...

Specimen Showcase | Hammerhead
Our classical view of the shape of an organism's head is round or ovoid. Some species, however, have evolved completely different shapes,...

Specimen Showcase | “Haunting” Ghost Shark
Halloween is often associated with spooky and scary stories filled with ghosts and monsters👻. Do you believe that scary looking...

Specimen Showcase | Angel in the Sea 🦈
Sharks, unfortunately, do not always have the best reputation😥, indeed only about 65 attacks are recorded annually all over the world...


Specimen Showcase | Stripes to Spots
Beneath the shimmering surface of the Indo-West Pacific Ocean lies a captivating world filled with wonders🌊. Roaming through the coral...

Specimen Showcase | Fish with Mistaken Identity?
In nature, things are not always what they seem.🔍 Take the Paradise Fishes for instance. These fishes are found in freshwater systems,...

Specimen Showcase | 🐟 Crunch Time
The blue-barred parrotfish, 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘢𝘯 (Forsskål, 1775) is a species of parrotfish (Scaridae family) present...

Specimen Showcase | We Found “Nemo”🐠
The Pixar animated movie “Finding Nemo” has become a classic that has given anemonefishes global recognition. Let’s see here if we can...

Specimen Showcase|Soap of the Sea
Lurking under the depths of Hong Kong’s waters, a grouper-like yellow fish is patrolling around the corals and rocks, it is...


Specimen Showcase | The Luring “Monsters” Hidden in Deep Oceans 👹
When we think of other animals, we often refer to species that have a rather similar body plan as us, or in other terms that look like...

Specimen Showcase|When Beauty Hides Danger
Some tropical and subtropical coral reefs are home to a rather strange fish. A fearless species that does not escape🏃 when facing danger...

Specimen Showcase | A Superhero Killer of the Darkness
We tend to perceive and describe our surrounding environment thanks to visual and audio cues, however many species rely on very different...

Specimen Showcase | Lamprey the Vampire Fish
Vampires🧛, the mythical creatures roaming in darkness sucking blood, are horrifying yet so popular in books, movies and video games. You...

Specimen Showcase|The Art of Honeybee Hunting by the Oriental Honey Buzzard
Birds of prey are, in many cultures, perceived as majestic creatures that rule the sky🦅 and a symbol of strength, power, and freedom due...

Specimen Showcase | Can You Spot the Spotted Dove?
The spotted dove, 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 (Scopoli, 1786), is a common bird species in Hong Kong. In fact you might often...

Specimen Showcase | Daring Doves or Pesky Pigeons
From hardy cliff dwellers to darling pets to the ancestor of emails✉️, and now a reviled pest, the feral pigeon🕊️, 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘢...

Specimen Showcase | Butcherbird
Small birds are often perceived as insect or fruit eaters, and less so like some of their past dinosaur ancestors, as predators of other...

Specimen Showcase|Crow Control
Crows and several other species belonging to the Corvidae family are famous for their intelligence within birds, with individuals from...
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